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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 173, NO. 1 | Wednesday May 18, 2011
InDEX 3 · Quick hits 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 10 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Fisticuffs: One-man
show explores 1965
MLB brawl’s impact.
Lifestyle — 5
Sports — 12
Opinion — 4
“Now, thanks to
budget cuts, students
are being forced to
travel far and wide in
search of the one or
two remaining colleges
still offering the classes
they desperately need
to graduate.”
Not enough: USC
women’s water polo
comes up short trying
to defend its
national title.
This day in
history
May 18, 1980...
Mount St. Helens in
Washington state erupts,
causing $3 billion in
damages.
Early Showers,
High 64
Low 55
Today’s weather
Tomorrow’s weather
Sunny,
High 67
Low 58
By Rachel Bracker
Summer Trojan
The university honored more than 12,000 gradu-ates
Friday, as USC celebrated its 128th commence-ment,
keying the ceremony with an address from
Microsoft Corporation CEO Steve Ballmer, who
stressed the importance of “great ideas” and passion.
“I think you start learning about passion and te-nacity
at USC before you even came here,” Ballmer
said. “I think you knew it before you every finished
your first tour of the USC campus. The motto of this
place symbolizes passion and tenacity: ‘Fight on! ’”
He also told graduates he was very optimistic
about their future and the impact they can make.
“The opportunities that we’re seeing are really
quite amazing,” Ballmer said. “I don’t think there’s
any better time to come out of school and have a
chance to make a difference across a broad variety
of fields.”
Students said they enjoyed Ballmer’s animated
speaking style, which elicited loud cheers from the
audience several times.
“When a speaker says ‘Fight on,’ people will just
say it back,” said Daniel Wiechert, who majored in
psychology. “But with his energy, people got really
pumped up and meant it.”
Ballmer, whose son attends USC, said the atmo-sphere
of the university was “infectious” and that he
“drank the USC ‘Kool-Aid.’”
“He was very funny and represented the school
well,” said Nadine Ozedmir, who received a doctorate
in pharmacology.
President C. L. Max Nikias had a slightly different
message in his remarks, saying 2011 is a time of glob-al
change and uncertainty. He said graduates should
Ballmer keys
graduation
with address
More than 12,000 graduates were entertained by
the Microsoft chief ’s animated speaking style.
| see Grads, page 2 |
By Laura Cueva
Summer Trojan
Despite the usual summer cut-backs
in hours, many of USC’s hos-pitality
locations will remain open
during summer vacation.
Though residential dining
hotspots like Everybody’s Kitchen
and Parkside cafeterias are closed
until fall, a number of restaurants
within the Campus Center will re-main
open, including Carl’s Jr. and
Panda Express, among others.
“We now have LiteraTea open
every day for breakfast and lunch,
which is something we didn’t do
last year,” said Kris Klinger, direc-tor
of USC Hospitality. “We worked
with the libraries … which asked us
to keep Popovich Café open so we’ve
extended their hours. We’ve extend-ed
things quite a bit.”
With a lower number of students
on campus, keeping all the univer-sity’s
eateries open isn’t practical,
Klinger said, but USC Hospitality is
open to any suggestion.
“We’ll expand things in July when
there are more people on campus,
including opening Moreton Fig for
lunch,” Klinger said. “We’re open
to any feedback. We worked with
Popovich and then with the library
with LiteraTea. … Anyone else, we’re
very open.”
Even so, some hospitality workers
feel the sting of the cutbacks they’re
now facing.
“It’s too short,” said Yolanda
Segura, who works at Panda Express
in the campus center. “We’re only
scheduled five hours [per day dur-ing
summer] when we’re normally
scheduled seven and a half. I don’t
have another job and it means less
money.”
Segura added the university pro-vides
her with insurance, so she
doesn’t feel neglected.
“I used to take the summers off,
but I can’t afford it anymore,” Segura
said. “Since last year, I have to work.
Every summer is about the same,
though. It has to be less [hours] be-cause
there are less [people].”
Klinger assured, however, that
any person working with USC
Hospitality would be guaranteed a
job at the start of next year.
“Anyone that has a job with us,
that was employed with us and
had hours with us during the year,”
Klinger said, “is still employed with
us and will be employed with us
Summer schedule brings
change to hospitality hours
Hospitality workers and
students feel the effect of
reduced demand for eateries.
| see Hours, page 2 |
Kelvin Kuo | Summer Trojan
Applause · Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stressed the importance of great ideas to the
thousands gathered on USC campus on Friday for the university’s 128th commencement.
George Chearswat | Summer Trojan
Changes · The Ronald Tutor Campus Center opened less than one
year ago and will see a reduction in operation hours during the summer.
This is the first issue of
the Summer Trojan, the
weekly counterpart to
the Daily Trojan,
published every
Wednesday during
May and June.

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 173, NO. 1 | Wednesday May 18, 2011
InDEX 3 · Quick hits 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 10 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Fisticuffs: One-man
show explores 1965
MLB brawl’s impact.
Lifestyle — 5
Sports — 12
Opinion — 4
“Now, thanks to
budget cuts, students
are being forced to
travel far and wide in
search of the one or
two remaining colleges
still offering the classes
they desperately need
to graduate.”
Not enough: USC
women’s water polo
comes up short trying
to defend its
national title.
This day in
history
May 18, 1980...
Mount St. Helens in
Washington state erupts,
causing $3 billion in
damages.
Early Showers,
High 64
Low 55
Today’s weather
Tomorrow’s weather
Sunny,
High 67
Low 58
By Rachel Bracker
Summer Trojan
The university honored more than 12,000 gradu-ates
Friday, as USC celebrated its 128th commence-ment,
keying the ceremony with an address from
Microsoft Corporation CEO Steve Ballmer, who
stressed the importance of “great ideas” and passion.
“I think you start learning about passion and te-nacity
at USC before you even came here,” Ballmer
said. “I think you knew it before you every finished
your first tour of the USC campus. The motto of this
place symbolizes passion and tenacity: ‘Fight on! ’”
He also told graduates he was very optimistic
about their future and the impact they can make.
“The opportunities that we’re seeing are really
quite amazing,” Ballmer said. “I don’t think there’s
any better time to come out of school and have a
chance to make a difference across a broad variety
of fields.”
Students said they enjoyed Ballmer’s animated
speaking style, which elicited loud cheers from the
audience several times.
“When a speaker says ‘Fight on,’ people will just
say it back,” said Daniel Wiechert, who majored in
psychology. “But with his energy, people got really
pumped up and meant it.”
Ballmer, whose son attends USC, said the atmo-sphere
of the university was “infectious” and that he
“drank the USC ‘Kool-Aid.’”
“He was very funny and represented the school
well,” said Nadine Ozedmir, who received a doctorate
in pharmacology.
President C. L. Max Nikias had a slightly different
message in his remarks, saying 2011 is a time of glob-al
change and uncertainty. He said graduates should
Ballmer keys
graduation
with address
More than 12,000 graduates were entertained by
the Microsoft chief ’s animated speaking style.
| see Grads, page 2 |
By Laura Cueva
Summer Trojan
Despite the usual summer cut-backs
in hours, many of USC’s hos-pitality
locations will remain open
during summer vacation.
Though residential dining
hotspots like Everybody’s Kitchen
and Parkside cafeterias are closed
until fall, a number of restaurants
within the Campus Center will re-main
open, including Carl’s Jr. and
Panda Express, among others.
“We now have LiteraTea open
every day for breakfast and lunch,
which is something we didn’t do
last year,” said Kris Klinger, direc-tor
of USC Hospitality. “We worked
with the libraries … which asked us
to keep Popovich Café open so we’ve
extended their hours. We’ve extend-ed
things quite a bit.”
With a lower number of students
on campus, keeping all the univer-sity’s
eateries open isn’t practical,
Klinger said, but USC Hospitality is
open to any suggestion.
“We’ll expand things in July when
there are more people on campus,
including opening Moreton Fig for
lunch,” Klinger said. “We’re open
to any feedback. We worked with
Popovich and then with the library
with LiteraTea. … Anyone else, we’re
very open.”
Even so, some hospitality workers
feel the sting of the cutbacks they’re
now facing.
“It’s too short,” said Yolanda
Segura, who works at Panda Express
in the campus center. “We’re only
scheduled five hours [per day dur-ing
summer] when we’re normally
scheduled seven and a half. I don’t
have another job and it means less
money.”
Segura added the university pro-vides
her with insurance, so she
doesn’t feel neglected.
“I used to take the summers off,
but I can’t afford it anymore,” Segura
said. “Since last year, I have to work.
Every summer is about the same,
though. It has to be less [hours] be-cause
there are less [people].”
Klinger assured, however, that
any person working with USC
Hospitality would be guaranteed a
job at the start of next year.
“Anyone that has a job with us,
that was employed with us and
had hours with us during the year,”
Klinger said, “is still employed with
us and will be employed with us
Summer schedule brings
change to hospitality hours
Hospitality workers and
students feel the effect of
reduced demand for eateries.
| see Hours, page 2 |
Kelvin Kuo | Summer Trojan
Applause · Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stressed the importance of great ideas to the
thousands gathered on USC campus on Friday for the university’s 128th commencement.
George Chearswat | Summer Trojan
Changes · The Ronald Tutor Campus Center opened less than one
year ago and will see a reduction in operation hours during the summer.
This is the first issue of
the Summer Trojan, the
weekly counterpart to
the Daily Trojan,
published every
Wednesday during
May and June.